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Magen David Synagogue, Bensonhurst
2017 67th Street · Brooklyn, New York City
A congregation’s early home records the settlement of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn.
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NYFE Summary
Families from Damascus and Aleppo helped establish this congregation after moving through the Lower East Side and Williamsburg. A new synagogue became a center of community life in Bensonhurst. The building retained a special role for the community even after many families moved elsewhere.
Bands of patterned brick and groups of round-arched windows decorate the front. The broad central arch and unusual stepped roofline distinguish the building from neighboring houses. The exterior offers a record of a community that carried its religious traditions to a new neighborhood.
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